There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIf there is a God what the hell is He for?
More William Faulkner Quotes
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was – only is.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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